Acetylene-gas generator.



No. 698,308. Patented Apr. '22, I902.

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ACETYLENE GAS' GENE'RATUR.

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No. 698,308. Patented Apr'. 22, I902.

0'. J. MOUSSETTE.

ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR.

(Application filed Nov. 13, 1900.)

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ACETYLENE-GASGENERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,308, dated April.22, 1902. Application filed November 13. 1900. Serial No. 36,392. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, OLIVER J. MoUssErTE,

a citizen of the United States, residingfat' Rockaway Beach, in thecounty of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Acetylene-Gas Generators, of which the followingis aspecification.

By means of this invention a device is ob-' tained which is safe,simple, and cheap in construction and not liable to get out of order;and the invention resides in the novel features of construction setforth in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in theannexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of thegenerator. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the generator. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview of the bottom of the generating-tank. Figs. 4 and 5 are sectionaldetails of the form of valve. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the valve,showing the diamond-shaped opening a I In the drawings is shown hopper afor the charge or calcium carbid,communicating with generator-tank g,the communication or passage fbeing of suitable shape and size. A

valveg is made to close and open this pas the filling-tube f. f denotesthe dischargepipe for the holder, the latter having secured to the topthereof a series of guides f for the rollers fflcarried by the bell ofthe holder. f indicates the guide-rollers engaging the bell. Thefilling-tubef is provided with a suitable cut-01f valve f. The gasometerhas the usual knownrising-and-falling motion as it charges ordischarges. This link 0 can be pivoted directly to the bell of thegasometer, and as the latter is charged and the bell rises the lever'11, as seen by broken lines in Fig. 1, is pulled or-move'd to closevalve g. When the holder has discharged to a greater or less extent,andconsequently sinksor falls,

the link 0 moves lever n to the position shown:

in full lines in Fig. 1 and the valve is opened to allow carbid to dropinto the generatingtank; but the gas thereupon generated, passing intothe holder, causes the latter to again rise and close the valve. Thedischarge of carbid from the hopper to thegeneratingtank thus occurs atintervals as required, or, in other words, the holder when suflicientlyempty automatically opens the valve, and when charged or risingautomatically recloses the same.

The generator-tank has an outlet pipe or valve h, Fig. 3, shown at thelowest part of its inclined bottom it, so that sediment and othercontents of the tank can be drawn ofi. As sediment is apt to cling atthe low points, a stirrer or blades rare provided. Thevertically-extending shafts, carrying the stirrerarm 1", is shownextended through or placed in tube i, made to dip below the liquid inthe generator to avoid loss or improper escape of gas. This tube ispacked'or screwed to cover 10, secured to tank g, and this cover a madeto close a hole or passage in such tank or root, whichhole is ofsufficient size to allow entry and Withdrawal of axle s with arm 0". Thevertically-extendin g shaft 8 can be oscillated and also lifted by asuitable handle or crank and can be made to' loosen or stir the sedimentfrom the tank-bottom, so as to escape or pass 0E when; outlet h isopened. As shown, the valve is provided with a diamondshaped opening aand said valve is suitably connected to a studo. and shaft 1', and whenthe opening a registers with outlet f will allow carbid to pass to thegenerator-tank.

This opening in practice it has been found is advantageously madesquare, with two of its corners facing in the direction of swing oroscillation of the valve, so as to secure a gradual closing or cut-offaction. v As seen in Fig. 5,

this modified form of valve presents someble crank in mechanics andoffers no 0bstruction to the drop of material from hole a into tank 9.

,What the appearance of the so-called"dou- IOO No claim is made hereinto What is shown in United States Patent No. 659,086, granted October 2,1900.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A generating-tank, a hopper communicating therewith by a suitablepassage, and a valve for closing said passage and consisting of asegment of a roller, provided with a diamond shaped opening adapted toregister with said passage.

2. A generating-tank provided with an inclined bottom, ahoppercommunicating with said tank by a suitable passage, a valve for closingsaid passage and consisting of a segment of a roller, said valveprovided with a Witnesses.

OLIVER J. MOUSSETTE. WVitnesses:

'W. O. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

